Opphs: not a good look

After all the excitement of winning the Louis Vuitton Cup, the kiwis are back obsessing about the real Cup to be won. Everyday there is plenty of analysis of the racing overnight as the lead story on the news. Seems that the last couple of days have not been good for...

Let there be light

From the end of this September kiwis will get more light. The Government has just decided to extend daylight saving up to 27 weeks, three weeks extra.Clocks will go forward an hour a week earlier than usual – on the last Sunday in September – and back an...

Hallelujah

First ever kiwi choral concert last night. Not quite the Royal Albert Hall but nevertheless an impressive performance of Handel’s Messaih performed by the Orpheus Choir and the Vector Wellington Orchestra.Performed at the Wellington Town Hall it gave me plenty...

Lounge cinemas

I can’t be sure but as well as having the highest number of cafes proportionate to the population Wellington must have the largest number of cinemas. There are all shapes and sizes and a film festival running in one cinema or another all the time.Trips to the...

Let’s bring it home!

As America’s Cup fever starts in earnest, there’s been outrage here at the suggestion that if NZ wins and brings home the cup then sponsor, Emirates Airline will want to the kiwis to defend the title from Dubai. Who ever heard of such tosh?!Not taking any...